Insecta - Hemiptera - Hylicellidae
Alternative combination: Mesocixiella extensa
Synonyms: Mesocixiella furcata Martynov 1937, Mesocixiella major Martynov 1937, Mesocixiella parvula Martynov 1937
Full reference: A. V. Martynov. 1937. Liassic insects from Shurab and Kisyl-Kiya, Part I, Various orders except Blattodea and Coleoptera. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 7:1-178
Belongs to Cycloscytina according to J. Chen et al. 2022
See also Evans 1956, Martynov 1937 and Shcherbakov 1988
Sister taxa: Cycloscytina asiatica, Cycloscytina delutinervis, Cycloscytina fulgoroides, Cycloscytina gobiensis, Cycloscytina incompleta, Cycloscytina korlaensis, Cycloscytina plachutai, Mesocixiella shaanxiensis
Type specimens:
- Cycloscytina extensa: PIN 976/14, a tegmen. Its type locality is Shurab II, Ditch 63 (TSNIGRI collection 976), which is in a Toarcian terrestrial horizon in the Sulyukta Formation of Kyrgyzstan.
- Mesocixiella furcata: PIN 3620, a tegmen. Its type locality is Shurab II, Ditch 63 (PIN collection 3621), which is in a Toarcian terrestrial horizon in the Sulyukta Formation of Kyrgyzstan.
- Mesocixiella major: PIN 976/7, a tegmen (distal half of a tegmen). Its type locality is Shurab II, Ditch 63 (TSNIGRI collection 976), which is in a Toarcian terrestrial horizon in the Sulyukta Formation of Kyrgyzstan.
- Mesocixiella parvula: PIN 976/9, a hindwing (basal part of wing missing). Its type locality is Shurab II, Ditch 63 (TSNIGRI collection 976), which is in a Toarcian terrestrial horizon in the Sulyukta Formation of Kyrgyzstan.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Kyrgyzstan (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections including 5 occurrences
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